Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-04-21
THE DISCUSSION IN ENGLAND.
salisbury's Bitter Attack on Glad
ssOne-Parnellifes Indignant At His
Unfair AllusiOns to Parnell.

Salisbury's Bitter Attack on Glad.
stOne-Parnellifes Indignant At His
Unfair AllusiOns to Parnell.
In his speech before the Primrose League in
Albert Palace London Tuesday night, Lord Sails
bury said: "We repudiate the word coercion be-
cause by long usage that is applied TO repression
OF political opinion, with which we have nothing
to do. We stand In the presence In Ireland Of a
system OF crime which is sapping most surely and
fatally the happiness and freedom Of the people.
vast organization is taking away human free
dom and interfering with men in all stations by
the machinery Of intimidation. Mr. Gladstone
asserts that the crimes bill gives to the govern
ment the power to deal with political associations
supporting crime; but this power is conferred by
the house OF commons. The house of commons
alone can allow such machinery to be set In mo-
ton. All such opposition Is based upon false,
| unsOund foundation. The opponents OF the gov
eminent endeavOr 10 appropriate, for the purpose
OF attacking the bill, feeling which has always
intelligibly existed against political repression.
But the reDxessers OF crime do not attack the lib
erty OF the people. On the contrary, they are its
greatest defenders. Mr.. Gladstones idea when,
on fine morning in 1885, he who had been all his
life vigorous opponent OF home rule. awOke to
advocate home rule, was that it was his followers
duty TO awake home rulers too. There is no
limit to Mr.. Gladstone's belief In the obsequious
obedience o. the followers OF his standard.
Jesuits made large claims upon human
obedience when they require the human will
pe xe A. ey TRs tn Bu, baa a
well-nxed freedom In the belief that they are re-
quired TO accept Mr.. GladstOne's vOtaries, under
pain OF accommodation, are bound not only to
devote themselves as corpses to MIR. Gladstone's
will but are bound to turn from opinion to
other at "a moments notice They are held up as
TO adhere TO the opinions he has always taught
them Mr.. Gladstone tells us that for fifteen years
he has believed in home rule, but he has kept his
change of conviction TO himself so ceverly that
every body believed that he still objected. 1t
punished with all this imprecation because they
were not acute enough TO discern how much Mr..
Gladstone was taking them In. This treatment Is
not calculated TO gather around him new stan
and new army. There are some desperate poll
ticlans who have gone so far that they cannot re-
treat, and must follow Mr. Gladstone wherever he
leads them. But where will he ind new offcers who
will be willing expose themselves to these sudden
and violent changes, to this tmperOus insi,tence
that on the liberal side Of the house the spirit OF
Englishmen has not quite disappeared, and that a
be- trusted to stand St his opinions Mr. Gladstone
thinks that Mr.. ParnelS position is perfectly rea
sonabe and honorable, and that nobody ought to
ask him TO clear himself II Parnell and his aSSO-
ciates were men absolutely free from suspicion in
this matter, would understand that reasoning.
But they belong TO party OF which Men large wing
ported by contributions OF others who openly adj
vOcate political assassination. Mr. ParnelrS
trusted friends have mixed on terms OF intimacy
with those whose advocacy OF assassination Is
well known, and the language OF Mr. Parnell and
his friends in speaking OF fearful crimes that have
been committed Is not above reprOach, being
marked by Indifference to and even by tolerance
OF murder When such grave case OF preSump-
ton exists IL Is not open for him to take refuge in
mere denial, or to think that ne dispose Oh the
accusations by liberal use OF the wide and ener-
getic vocabulary which his followers have used In
the house OF commons"
PARNELLITEs INDIGNANT AT sALIsBURY
The ParnelliteS are indignant at Lord Sails
bury'S speech at Albert Palace and there is some
talk OF bringing his remarks under the notice of
the house OF commons
1t is reported that as result of the reiteration
OF its charges by the Times effort will be made
10 bring The editor and publisher OF that paper be-
fore the house OF commons and make them prove
If they can, the truth OF the allegations made by
them.
The Daily Ne,us says: SIT is deplorable that in
the heat OF political controversy an English
gentleman such as Lord Salisbury is should have
adopted the principle which would place every
public man at the mercy OF INSCRIPTIONS libel
The managers of the Press Association assert
that they have seen signatures written by Mr..
Parnel in 1873, and others in 1888 showing some
OF the characteristics noticeable In the signature
In the Tunes, but all differing from one another
somewhat, so that a definite opinion cannot be
formed from comparison OF them.
Sir William vernon HarcOurt, in speech at
East London last night, endorsed Earl Spencer's
recent assertion that there was no evidence which
showed that the Parnellites had ever associated
with criminals. He further said that in view OF
Mr. ParnelS denial OF the accusations made
against him. 1t remained for his accuserS to sub
Mr.. John Morley addressed an audience of four
thousand persons at WOlverhampton last evening
Referring TO the Irish In America, he said: ION
the fringe OF every popular movement were some
bad men, but 1t was a mistake TO call the Irish
American home rulers the scum OF the earth The
Chicago convention had resulted In the defeat OF
the party OF violence. The testimony even OF pre-
JUDGED witnesses was that they had to deal not
with runianS, but with all that was best and most
honorable and most country-loving among the
masses OF respectable men in America"
GLADSTONE ON THE HoME-RULE MOVEMENT IN
AMERICA.
Ny Gladstone writes: 81 attach very high va lue
and Importance to the manifestations now inces-
SAINT, OF American as well as colonial sympathy
with the Irish people In the crisis created by the
cauSeleSS. insulting and inSidiouS bill at present
before parliament. Apart from particular and
more or less formal acknowledgements, / am not of
the opinion that 1t would be proper or eypedent
for me TO take IL upon myself to address any gen.
eral communication to America on this subject
which, however, have noticed and may again no.
tice In parliament. Still, / ain very anxious that
the people OF this country should have the means
on understanding how much beyond The range OF
any sectional Impulses and how truly national the
movement In the United States has become: and
In this view would recommend that an endeayOr
should he made 10 present some estimate of he
aggregate number OF persons by which recent
meetings In America have been attended and ike
wise and especially an estimate OF the nuIaDer Of
governors, mayors, senators, representatives cler
gymen and other official highly Responsible ner
sons by whom such meetings have been cOunten
anced or supported"